(Thursday is a research day for me, so I turn a blind eye to things on the internet not related PTt paths, subduction channels, and multistage orogenic events. I’m leaving this afternoon for NE-NC GSA in Pittsburgh, so this may be my final post in this grouping.)
Previous posts within this set: Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Last update: 9.15 CST, 18. March 2011
Teaching resources:
- Matt Kuchtka has posted a summary of how he is addressing the earthquake in class & along with a video of his “earthquake machine” (via @callanbentley)
- IRIS education & outreach page – general, not specific to this event (via @CPPGeophysics)
- what went right with the Japanese earthquake – emphasis on importance of disaster education & planning (via @highlyanne)
- in case your students ask about the radiation plume & whether or not its traveling, the Great Beyond has a post for you
- want to understand why fuel rods are radioactive? Chuck has an answer for you
Science:
- if you were wondering how many animations of the map of Japan with earthquakes appearing at the appropriate times that are size & color coded there might be, here’s another one from Potsdam (via @Geozon)
- evidence of a 896 AD tsunami in N. Honshu – mainly pictures & a sediment core, but seriously, who goes into the field in a suit??? (via @allochthonous)
- Sue Kieffer discusses how the whirpools in the various videos formed & how they end up recorded in the geologic record (via @highlyanne)
- Caltech, Ammon, and Li are now all in agreement that there was a very high slip patch east / updip of the hypocenter, though the max slip & total rupture length still varies between the groups according to @CPPGeophysics
- Erik Klemetti discusses Mt. Fuji and the potential for an eruption (not likely) due to Friday’s earthquake in more detail
- Evelyn is up to interview #6 and #7 with her nuclear engineer father
Video / pictures:
- frightening video from Miyako City – when buildings start to wash by, its pretty bad (via @allochthonous)
- In Focus gallery – Recovery is the theme
- Boston Globe’s Big Picture galleries from the 16. Mar & 17. Mar
- liquedfaction video & pictures from Dave Petley
- Earth Observatory has before (1. Mar 2011) & after (14. Mar 2011) pictures of Rikuzentakata, a coastal community that was badly hit by the tsunami
Elli Goeke
